Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ship's Chorus
Men's Choir
J.A.C. Redford
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alan Menken
Composer
H. Ashman
Lyrics
Robby Merkin
Arranger
Thomas Pasatieri
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alan Menken
Producer
H. Ashman
Producer
Robert Kraft
Producer
John Richards
Recording Engineer
Bruce Botnick
Mixing Engineer
Neil S. Bulk
Editing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue, and it's hey to the starboard, heave-ho
Look out, lad, a mermaid be waiting for you in mysterious fathoms below
Fathoms below, below
From whence wayward westerlies blow
Where Triton is king and his merpeople sing in mysterious fathoms below
Heave-ho
Heave-ho
[Outro]
Heave-ho, heave-ho
Heave-ho, in mysterious fathoms below
Written by: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman